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October 19th 04, 12:55 PM
Ben Myers
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I'll place my money on the video card, especially if the inside of the computer
chassis has/had a lot of dust and dirt inside. If the nVidia card has a fan
clogged with dust, the graphics chip can overheat with resulting unpredictable
operation. nVidia cards have a reputation for hot chips in more ways than one.
The transistors inside a chip begin to break down when a chip is overheated for
too long of a period of time... Ben Myers
On 19 Oct 2004 00:59:30 -0700,
(Russell W. Barnes)
wrote:
Dear all,
Your assistance is required once again...
When I tried to 'wake up' my PC last night (Compaq Presario 5000 with
MV540 monitor), the PC burst into life, but the monitor remained on
stand-by.
after switching both PC and monitor on and off repeatedly (I can
ususally hear a relay clicking away when normal wake-up is achieved),
I disconnected the monitor and powered it. It displayed the usual RGB
'check-cable' indication, so I took the monitor to be working OK.
I eventually got the monitor working by removing the video card
(NVIDIA GeForce) and re-fitting it. Everything then powered normally.
Is it likely to be a video card fault, or a motherboard fault? Any
suggestions appreciated!
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Kind Regds,
Russell W. B.
http://www.huttonrow.co.uk
Ben Myers